Nissan answers to Porsche, defending its Nurburgring lap time
Earlier this week we told that Porsche is accusing Nissan for cheating, more exactly the GT-R couldn’t race a lap on the Nurburgring (Nordschleife) racetrack in just 7 minutes and 29 seconds. In order to demonstrate this Porsche bought a standard Nissan GT-R, brought it to the German racetrack and the surprise came out: the GT-R raced the lap in 7 minutes and 54 seconds, with over 25 seconds more than the lap raced by Nissan driver.
After this, came the response of Nissan which was quite simple: “We’re not going to get into a war of words with Porsche. The final word from us is that it was done on absolutely standard tyres which are available to customers in the showroom. Normal Dunlop road tires, that come with the car!” said Nissan’s European spokesman Neil Reeve.
Reeve added that it’s flattering that Porsche bought a GT-R and took it on the ring but he also said that the Porsche 911 Turbo was beaten by the so-called Godzilla on various track tests. “We think its performance speaks for itself!” he said.
After this, came the response of Nissan which was quite simple: “We’re not going to get into a war of words with Porsche. The final word from us is that it was done on absolutely standard tyres which are available to customers in the showroom. Normal Dunlop road tires, that come with the car!” said Nissan’s European spokesman Neil Reeve.
Reeve added that it’s flattering that Porsche bought a GT-R and took it on the ring but he also said that the Porsche 911 Turbo was beaten by the so-called Godzilla on various track tests. “We think its performance speaks for itself!” he said.
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